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Walsall Manor Hospital: Cancer

Asked by Valerie VazLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 November 2024UIN 13448

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of robotics capability for cancer operations at Walsall Manor Hospital.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

No specific assessment is planned. There is a robotic assisted surgery clinical strategy for the Black Country Provider Collaborative which has increased robotic surgery access for all patients in the Black Country, particularly for renal service.

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